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Members of the prison gang known as the Aryan Brotherhood go on trial Tuesday in a southern California courtroom. Federal prosecutors have linked the white-supremacist gang to a string of murders and attempted murders in California prisons.

Drugmaker Merck faces more than 7,000 lawsuits related to its painkiller Vioxx. The first of four federal Vioxx trials is slated to begin Tuesday in Houston. The case involves a 53-year-old Florida man who had a fatal heart attack in 2001 after a month on Vioxx.

The Hope Now Alliance, a group of lenders organized by the Bush administration to help borrowers struggling to stay current with home mortgages, says it has helped 1 million homeowners since July. But critics say the effort isn't doing enough to address a crisis.

Eighty percent of Native American sexual assault victims identify their attackers as non-native, but tribal police cannot legally prosecute non-natives, leaving many women to suffer in silence.

Hundreds of UC San Diego service workers hit the picket line Monday to protest unfair wages. It marked the beginning of a five-day walkout at University of California facilities across the state.

Even as it loses its chief executive, the CIA's recently retired third-ranking official is under investigation for possible improper relations with a defense contractor, says Newsweek magazine correspondent Michael Isikoff. Federal investigators are investigating CIA Executive Director Kyle "Dusty" Foggo.

The county has the lowest food stamp participation rate in the country. But many eligible people don't apply. KPBS Producer Megan Burke and Reporter Joanne Faryon prepared this report on why local f

Officials in this San Diego County city are trying to discourage illegal immigration by enacting ordinances that crack down on border-crossers and the residents who harbor them.

Could a large gas pipeline explosion like what occurred in San Bruno, Calif. happen here in San Diego?

Here’s something to think about over the Thanksgiving bird today. If you average it out, most Californians eat about one good-sized turkey a year. Not all at once, of course. Dave Kranz with the Cal